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#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #NationalSecurity in the age of #globalization, #information & #connectivity has now become an all-encompassing notion. Surely it is not solely a function of the #ArmedForces anymore.
#IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #NationalSecurity also includes providing a conducive environment in which aspirations of human #security, national #progress & #development could be realized.
#IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #NationalSecurity has now become an all-encompassing notion, wherein besides various elements of national power, #global & #regional environments also play a profound role.
#IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #NationalSecurity is thus #multilayered; the exogenous factors being global & regional environments, while indigenous factors are #internal #peace, #stability & developmental orientation.
#IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: A #nation at #peace and a #region in #harmony are thus essential prerequisites for the attainment of #NationalSecurity in the true spirit. No national leader of today can ignore these facts.
#IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: I also firmly believe that no single #nation in isolation can perceive and further its quest for #security, as every single issue & security dilemma faced by today's world is intimately linked with #global & #regional dynamics.
#IslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Whether it be human #security, #extremism, #HumanRights, #environmental hazards, #economic security or #pandemic - responding in silos is no longer an option.
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: The world has seen the ravages of World Wars & Cold War, wherein #polarization & neglect of virtues blighted #human #future & brought catastrophic consequences for #humanity. [1/4]
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: On the contrary, we have witnessed how #multilateral rule-based platforms contributed towards the good of #mankind. Today we face similar choices... [2/4]
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: ...Whether to stay ditched in the acrimony & toxicity of the past, continue promoting #conflict & get into another vicious cycle of #war, #disease & #destruction... [3/4]
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: ...Or to move ahead, bring the #dividends of our #technological & #scientific advancements to our people & usher in a new era of #peace and #prosperity. [4/4]
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #History has taught us that the way ahead has always been proved an #interconnected, #interdependent & #collective sense of #security.
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Today, the leading #drivers of #change in the world are #demography, #economy & #technology - however, the issue of #economic #security + #cooperation remain central.
#IslamabadDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Frayed relations between various power centres of the globe, and boomeranging of #competing #alliance's, can bring nothing but another stint of #ColdWar.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: It is naive to apply failed solutions of yesteryears to #challenges of today & tomorrow. It is important that leading global players reach a stable #equilibrium in their relations through #convergence, not divergence.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #Developing countries like #Pakistan face multidimensional #challenges which cannot be navigated single-handedly. A similar situation is confronted by other countries in our region as well.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #COASatIslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: We all require a #multilateral #global & #regional approach, as well as #cooperation, to overcome these #challenges.
#SouthAsia #Afghanistan #Kashmir
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #COASatIslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #SouthAsia is home to a quarter of the #world's #population. Despite tremendous #HumanResource & #potential, unsettled #disputes are dragging this region back to swamps of #poverty & #underdevelopment.
#Kashmir
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: It is saddening to note that even today, #SouthAsia is among the least #integrated regions of the #world in terms of #trade, #infrastructure, #water & #energy #cooperation.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Despite being one of the most #impoverished regions of the world, #SouthAsia ends up spending a lot of money on #defense; which naturally comes at the expense of #HumanDevelopment.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue @IsbDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: #Pakistan has been one of the few countries which - despite the rising #security #challenges - has resisted the temptation of involving itself in an #ArmsRace.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue #IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Our #defense #expenditures have, rather, reduced instead of increasing. This is not an easy undertaking; especially when you live in an #unstable #hostile neighborhood.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue @IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: Having said that, let me say profoundly that we are ready to improve our #environment by resolving all our issues with our neighbors through #dialogue in a dignified & #peaceful manner.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: However, it is important to state that this #choice is deliberate and based on #rationality, not as a result of any #pressure.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: In our sincere desire to recast #Pakistan's image as a #peace-loving nation and a useful member of the #international community, our leadership's vision is Alhamdullilah #transformative.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: We have learned from the #past to #evolve, and are willing to move ahead towards a new #future. However, all this is contingent upon #reciprocity.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: The world knows that #Pakistan is geostrategically placed to be a bridge between civilizations and a connecting conduit between #regional #economies.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan intends to leverage our vital geostrategic location for our own, #regional and #global benefit.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan's robust role in the current quest for #peace in #Afghanistan is proof of our #goodwill as well as understanding of our #global and #moral obligations.
#AfghanPeaceProcess
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan's close collaboration & crucial #support for #AfghanPeaceProcess has led to the historic agreement between #Taliban & #US, and paved the way for #IntraAfghanDialogue.
#Afghanistan
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan will continue to emphasize on a sustained & #inclusive #AfghanPeaceProcess for the betterment of the #people of #Afghanistan and for #regional #peace.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #Islamabad_Security_Dialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: Besides offering all-out #support to #AfghanPeaceProcess, #Pakistan has also taken unprecedented steps to enhance #Afghanistan's #trade & #connectivity by re-energizing #APTTA + providing access to #Afghan #exports to #India.
@IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: We are improving #trade #environment along Pak-Afghan #border by establishing border #markets & developing #infrastructure + creating #energy #corridor binding #CentralAsia #SouthAsia & #WestAsia thru land routes.
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan has also invited #Afghanistan to be part of #CPEC.
#OBOR #BRI #ChinaPakistanEconomicCorridor #economicgrowth
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Stable #India-#Pakistan relations is the key to unlock the untapped #potential of #SouthAsia & #CentralAsia by ensuring #connectivity between #EastAsia & #WestAsia
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #IslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: This potential has forever remained hostage to issues & #disputes between two nuclear neighbours. The #Kashmir dispute is obviously at the heart of this problem.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #IslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: Without #resolution of the #Kashmir #dispute through #peaceful means, subcontinental rapprochement will always remain susceptible to derailment from politically motivated bellicosity.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: We feel it is time to bury the past & move forward; but for resumption of #peaceful process & #meaningful #dialogue, our neighbor will have to create conducive environment particularly in #IIOJK.
#India #Kashmir
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan is a nation of 207 million with tremendous geo-economic potential. To ensure a promising future for our people, we must embark upon a solid #economic #roadmap backed up by #infrastructure #development + #regional #integration
#IslamabadDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: Our choices have been clear & explicit. This geo-economic region is centered on 4 pillars:-
1. Moving towards lasting & enduring #peace within + outside;
2. Non-interference in internal affairs of neighbors + regional countries; ...[1/2]
@IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: ...
3. Boosting intra-regional #trade & #connectivity; and
4. Bringing #SustainableDevelopment + #prosperity through establishment of & #investment in #economic hubs in the region. [2/2]
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #IslamabadDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan has been working towards all 4 aspects with #unity of #purpose & synchronization within various components of #NationalSecurity.
#CPEC #economicgrowth #SustainableDevelopment #progress
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue #IslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: "We have realized that unless our own house is in order, nothing could be expected from outside."
🤔🤨🙄
#IslamabadSecurityDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #COASatIslamabadDialogue

#PakistanArmy #COAS Gen Bajwa: After overpowering the #menace of #terrorism & tide of #extremism, we have begun to work towards #SustainableDevelopment & improving #economic conditions of #underdeveloped areas.
#COASatIslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #PakistanArmy has contributed tremendously towards this national cause by rebuilding + mainstreaming some of the most neglected areas thru massive #development & by ensuring #peace + #security.
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan's long campaign against #terrorism & #extremism manifests our resolve & national will. We have come a long way and yet we are a bit short of our final objective; but we are determined to stay the course.
#IslamabadSecurityDialogue
@IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #CPEC has been at the heart of our #economic #transformation plan, and we have spared no quarter to declare its necessity for addressing our economic #goals.
#China #Pakisan #OBOR #BRI #progress
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #CPEC remains central to #Pakistan's vision, but seeing Pakistan only through CPEC prism is misleading. Immensely vital geostrategic location + transformed vision gives us immense & diverse potential to contribute to #regional #development & #prosperity.

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #Pakistan's vision, however, remains incomplete without a #stable & #peaceful #SouthAsia. Our efforts for reviving #SAARC are therefore for the same purpose.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: Our efforts for #peace in #Afghanistan, and #responsible & #mature behaviour in #crisis situation with #India, manifest our desire to change the narrative of #geopolitical contestation to geo-economic #integration.
#CPEC #BRI
#IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: We are doing our bit, but a major contribution must be made by #global players thru their #cooperation. I am sure that an economically #integrated #SouthAsia is much more suited to them instead of a wartorn, crisis-ridden destabilized sore.
@IsbDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: We also have a hope in the form of the #US #BidenAdministration which can transform traditional contestation into gainful #economic win-win for the world in general and the region in particular.
#IslamabadDialogue @IsbDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: #SouthAsia can be the starting point for #regional #cooperation. I have firm belief that #economic & #sustainable #human #development can guide us into a future full of #peace & #prosperity.
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

#COASatIslamabadDialogue: Finally, it is time that we in #SouthAsia create #synergy through #connectivity, #peaceful coexistence, #resource sharing to fight #hunger #illiteracy & #disease instead of fighting each other.
@IsbDialogue #IslamabadDialogue #IslamabadSecurityDialogue

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